Science

Introduction and Alignment

The culminating project for this course is a comprehensive health policy analysis, due in Workshop Six. For detailed information on how the assignment will be assessed, refer to the Assessment Criteria found in Workshop Six, 6.3 Health Policy Analysis.

Your policy analysis will cover a current healthcare policy issue. The analysis will result in a final recommendation for action by a legislator with an interest in your policy area of expertise.

Your analysis will be used to frame the legislator’s position and provide the basis for explaining his/her position to the media and constituents.

The policy analysis will follow the method outlined in chapter 14 of your textbook, Essentials of Health Policy and Law.

Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to:

• Analyze a health policy issue.
• Conduct a health policy analysis.
• Identify biblical principles applicable to a health policy.
• Create a formal health policy analysis paper.

Resources

• Textbook: Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2015). Essentials of health policy and law (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Article: Parker (2012). Writing a Good Problem Statement. http://enfocussolutions.com/writing-a-good-problem-statement/

Instructions

For this assignment, you will be developing your problem statement. A problem statement is intended to be short. No more than three sentences. The statement will identify what the problem is, who the problem affects, the impact of the problem, and what a successful solution would look like.

1. Identify the health policy issue being addressed by the Health Policy Analysis.
2. Review article Writing a Good Problem Statement by John Parker located at http://enfocussolutions.com/writing-a-good-problem-statement/
3. Prepare the Problem Statement for your Health Policy Analysis following the above guidance.
4. Ensure the Problem Statement is one to three sentences in length.
5. Make a copy of your Problem Statement and submit the Problem Statement by the end of the workshop.

Comment from Instructor about previous submission

1. Review article Writing a Good Problem Statement by John Parker located at http://enfocussolutions.com/writing-a-good-problem-statement/
2. Use the article Writing a Good Problem Statement by John Parker located at http://enfocussolutions.com/writing-a-good-problem-statement to write a concise problem statement. One way to focus your topic would be to isolate the problem to the “limited payments received from CMS for services.” You may rewrite the statement and resubmit for full credit.

Other

The Crusades were an important event during the Middle Ages. The implications of the Crusades were far-reaching– religion, politics, warfare, gender roles, geography, culture and society– all were in some way influenced by the Crusades during this period.

In this second essay assignment you will use the primary source documents provided, as well as the secondary source, The First Crusade by Peter Frankopen, to write an essay that deals with the Crusades and how it played a role in shaping medieval Europe. This essay will be 3-4 pages in length (approximately 900-1000 words) Your essay should focus on answering the following questions:

1) What were the Crusades?

2) What was the purpose of the Crusades? Give some of the background information.

3) Who participated? Why were men (and women) so willing to become involved in these events? What was the appeal and what was the benefit?

4) What was the desired outcome of the Crusades? Was this goal realized?

Notes:

* You may use your textbook for general or background information but the textbook should not play a prominent role in your * You must focus on the information in the provided primary sources. This is your “proof” and the evidence you need to use to support any of your * You must use citations in the Turabian style (footnotes or * Do not use first or second person. Stay in past tense throughout.

* Review all general essay
The minimum length for the Essay will be 3-4 pages (approximately 950 words). Sources used for the Essay Assignment are provided within iCollege. Outside sources may not be used. Essays should be original and formal citations are required. The required format for citations is Turabian.

Required Textbook for HIST 1111 :

William J. Duiker and Jackson Spielvogel, World History, Volume I: To 1800 “Advantage Edition” (Eighth edition). ISBN: 9781305091726

Evolution of Crusader Privileges- ((CAN SENT IT )

Urban II Speech at Council of Clermont (CAN SENT IT )

Citations

1) Ekkehard ofAurach, On the Opening of the First Crusade. Trans by James Harvey Robinson ed., Readings in European History: Vol. I: (Boston:: Ginn and co., 1904), pp.316-318. Internet Medieval Sourcebook, (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/), Feb. 1996, p. #.

2) Fulcher of Chartes, Urban II: Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095, trans in Oliver J. Thatcher, and Edgar Holmes McNeal, eds., A Source Book for Medieval History, (New York: Scribners, 1905), 513-17. Internet Medieval Sourcebook, (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall), Dec. 1997, p. #.

3) St. Bernard of Clairvaux, In Praise of the New Knighthood. Trans by Conrad Greenia. ORB Online Encyclopedia, (http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religion/monastic/bernard.html), p.#.

4) Pope John VIII, Indulgence for Fighting the Heathen, 878. trans. Oliver J. Thatcher, and Edgar Holmes McNeal, eds., A Source Book for Medieval History, (New York: Scribners, 1905), 512. Internet Medieval Sourcebook. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall), Mar. 1996, p. #.

5) Leo IV, Forgiveness of Sins for Those Who Die in Battle with the Heathen. trans. Oliver J. Thatcher, and Edgar Holmes McNeal, eds., A Source Book for Medieval History, (New York: Scribners, 1905), 511-12. Internet Medieval Sourcebook. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall), Mar. 1996.

6) Gregory VII, Call for a “Crusade.” trans. Oliver J. Thatcher, and Edgar Holmes McNeal, eds., A Source Book for Medieval History, (New York: Scribners, 1905), 512-13. Internet Medieval Sourcebook, (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall), Mar. 1996, p. #.

7) Dana C. Munro, “Evolution of Crusader Privileges, 1095-1270.” Internet Medieval Sourcebook (December 1997). In “Urban and the Crusaders,” Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History, Vol. 1:2 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1895), p. #.